Overview

Distribution

Range Description

This species occurs in a wide area ranging from Indonesia in the south-west to Japan in the north-west to the Marshall islands in the north-east to Fiji in the south-east (Röckel et al. 1995). Possibly in Madagascar.

The EOO, AOO and number of locations exceed the thresholds for criteria B1 and B2.

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Range Description

This species occurs in shallow water and is widely distributed across the Indian Ocean, from the south coast of Natal along East Africa to south India and Sri Lanka (Röckel et al. 1995). Reports of this species further east in South-East Asia are doubtful.

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Ecology

Habitat

Habitat and Ecology

This species can be found at intertidal and upper subtidal depths of up to possibly 100 m (for juveniles) in sandy coral reef and shallow bays. It prefers to hide beneath rocks and dead coral. Adults prey on fish and are active at night, whereas juveniles are vermivorous. Adults can grow up to 94 mm, but will typically be smaller than this. (Röckel et al. 1995). Life history mode is intracapsular.

Other sequences that do not yet meet barcode criteria may also be available.

ATCGGGACATTGTACATTCTATTTGGAATATGATCGGGACTAGTAGGGACTGCTTTA---AGGTTGTTGATTCGTGCGGAATTAGGGCAACCTGGTGCTTTGCTTGGGGAT---GATCAGTTATATAATGTAATTGTAACGGCGCATGCCTTTGTTATAATTTTTTTTTTAGTAATGCCTATGATAATTGGGGGGTTTGGAAATTGATTAGTACCTTTGATA---TTAGGAGCTCCAGACATAGTATTTCCTCGCTTAAATAATATGAGTTTTTGGCTTCTTCCTCCTGCACTTTTACTTCTTTTGTCCTCGGCTGCAGTGGAAAGGGGGGTAGGTACTGGATGGACTGTATATCCACCTCTTGCAGGAAATCTAGCTCATGCTGGTGGTTCTGTAGATCTT---GCAATTTTTTCTTTACATCTTGCTGGGGTATCTTCTATTTTAGGAGCTGTAAACTTTATTACCACAATTATTAATATACGGTGACAAGGAATGAAATTTGAGCGTCTTTCGTTATTTGTGTGATCGGTGAAGATTACGGCTATTTTACTTCTTTTATCTTTACCTGTTTTGGCAGGG---GCTATTACTATACTTTTGACTGATCGAAATTTTAATACTGCTTTCTTTGATCCAGCAGGAGG-- end --

IUCN Red List Assessment

This species is widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific. It is very common in shallow waters across its wide distributional range. There are no known major threats to this species and its distribution will coincide with marine protected areas. We listed this as Least Concern.

IUCN Red List Assessment

This species occurs in shallow water and is widely distributed across the Indian ocean, from the south coast of Natal along East Africa to Sri Lanka. It has no known current threats to its population. It has therefore been assessed as Least Concern.

Wikipedia

Conus magus

Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. Their venom contains conotoxins which have powerful neurotoxic effects. Given that they are capable of "stinging" humans, live cone shells should be handled with great care or preferably not at all.

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Conus magus (syn.:Conus fulvobullatus) shows the variability in pattern and color of this species

The size of an adult shell varies between 16 mm and 94 mm. This common species is very variable in pattern and shade of coloring and embraces a large synonymy. The moderate spire is striate. The body whorl is long and rather cylindrical, closely striate below. The color of the shell is white, clouded with bluish ash, orange-brown, chestnut or chocolate, everywhere encircled by narrow chocolate interrupted lines, often separated into somewhat distant dots The middle of the body whorl is usually irregularly fasciate with white. The spire is tessellated with chestnut or chocolate.[2]

Ziconotide works by blocking sodium channels in pain-transmitting nerve cells, rendering them unable to transmit pain signals to the brain. It is administered through injection into the spinal fluid.[3]

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The size of an adult shell varies between 45 mm and 76 mm. The creamy white shell is encircled by close rows of very small chestnut dots, with two bands of irregular brown markings, one above, the other below the middle of the body whorl. The spire is maculated with brown.[3]